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            <h1 class="title">Department of the Treasury</h2>
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                The Treasury Department is the executive agency responsible for promoting economic  prosperity and ensuring the financial security of the United States. The Department  is responsible for a wide range of activities such as advising the President on  economic and financial issues, encouraging sustainable economic growth, and fostering  improved governance in financial institutions. The Department of the Treasury operates  and maintains systems that are critical to the nation's financial infrastructure, such  as the production of coin and currency, the disbursement of payments to the American  public, revenue collection, and the borrowing of funds necessary to run the federal  government.<span class="footnote">Agency description from  <a href="http://www.treas.gov/education/duties/">DOT website</a>.</span>

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                <h2 class="title"><a href="/us/exec/treas/fms">Financial Management Service</a></h2>
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                    The Financial Management Service, a bureau of the <a href="/us/exec/treas"> United States Department of the Treasury</a>, provides central payment services  to Federal Program Agencies, operates the federal government's collections and  deposit systems, provides government-wide accounting and reporting services, and  manages the collection of delinquent debt owed to the government. FMS also supports  federal agencies&apos; financial management improvement efforts in the areas of  education, consulting, and accounting operations. <span class="footnote">Agency description from <a href="http://fms.treas.gov/index.html">FMS website</a>.</span>

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